ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine — When the fighter jet crashed into these northwestern Ukrainian woods, killing its 27-year-old pilot, splintering trees and spewing fuel, it tore a gash in the forest canopy.

MOSCOW, January 1. /TASS/. Russia’s main New Year’s tree was cut down on December 11 in a forest near the village of Novopareevo, Shchelkovo Municipal District, in northeastern Moscow Region ...

At an awards ceremony in Brussels on Tuesday, the organizers announced this year’s winner: Poland, for a 400-year-old oak tree that organizers said had become a symbol of Polish resistance to ...